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Nov 14^th, 2012 at 7:16pm

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Started my Christmas cooking preparations today. Big shop yesterday for everything plus a little more today. Fruit soaking in brandy for the pudding. Fresh dates soaking in rum to be covered in dark chocolate in a few days. Will be doing rum balls and white Christmas. Still contemplating a cake. Might do a rummy variation of the old milk n fruit recipe.

My first Christmas in many years where I will actually have time to appreciate it.

Looking at dinner cooked in camp ovens for Christmas day. Baked ham, roast chickens with fig and pistachio stuffing. Maybe a baked whole fillet of Atlantic salmon served with a sweet citrus salad and cuscus.

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Reply #1 - Nov 14^th, 2012 at 8:44pm

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Thanks Derek..
I'm working 2p-10p all Christmas week.
Breakfast for our family this year..again.
I am keen to smoke an Atlantic Salmon fillet in the hooded BBQ..
Quick and easy I think

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Reply #2 - Nov 14^th, 2012 at 9:28pm

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Cooked 4 x 2kg puddings (Skips recipe) in the rag over fire down the backyard. Smiley

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Reply #3 - Nov 14^th, 2012 at 10:19pm

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Derek wrote on Nov 14^th, 2012 at 7:16pm:

Looking at dinner cooked in camp ovens for Christmas day. Baked ham, roast chickens with fig and pistachio stuffing. Maybe a baked whole fillet of Atlantic salmon served with a sweet citrus salad and cuscus.

Mate that sounds great thaks for the salmon idea

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Reply #4 - Nov 15^th, 2012 at 7:28am

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This Christmas family thing is going to be cold serves....none of the slaving over heat this year....cold chicken..ham on bone and heaps of salads
we have 20 ppl coming for lunch...week before Xmas..as we going away camping

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Reply #5 - Nov 15^th, 2012 at 4:22pm

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I am at your place for Christmas this year Derek.

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Reply #6 - Nov 17^th, 2012 at 8:21pm

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First pudding cooked today after steaming for four hours in my old Hillbilly Camp Oven.

The fruit soaked in brandy for three days

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Reply #7 - Nov 18^th, 2012 at 12:36am

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Brandy soaked fruit pudding washed down with some of that Bundy - no worries luv, what time should we arrive? Wink

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Reply #8 - Nov 18^th, 2012 at 4:13pm

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Number two pudding preparation. Fruit soaked in . . . . . . . . bit of this and bit of that. Cheesy

Said to Maggie, do you think half a cup will be enough. Nah, a cup will do. Grin

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Reply #9 - Nov 18^th, 2012 at 4:21pm

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More dates soaking in the essence of Bundaberg to be coated in rich dark chocolate in a few days. Cheesy

Gonna be a very rum fruity Christmas here Embarrassed

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